? 1. Harvard has a file that actually reminds me of the Ivy League trivia of studying this article. Yes, I am very backward here: the Hip-Hop Archives and Research Institute of Harvard was actually established as early as 2002, providing special resources to explore "the most influential art, education and social movements for young people" in the past few decades.
? 2. And the tradition of students before exams. Twice a year, at midnight on the day before the final exam, Harvard students gather in the courtyard of the college for decompression running. This obviously evolved from the early tradition. Students open the window and shout 10 minutes before the exam to release the pressure.
? Columbia University students like to prepare for exams together. At the same time, at Columbia University, the band rushes into the library the night before the final exam of organic chemistry every year. Known as "Orgo night", it has lasted for more than 50 years, and the band performed music and jokes for an hour.
? Brown held an organ concert to celebrate Halloween. This has become a Halloween tradition at Brown University. Students and locals gather in front of the organ to play at midnight. For the past twenty years, resident organist mark stein Barker has been playing in Halloween concerts. He said that he likes to "change people's views on the organ" and he keeps his clothes secret every year.
? Yale has a manuscript that no one can understand. /kloc-In the 5th century, Voynich Manuscripts were kept in the Benec Rare Book Library of Yale University and regarded as the most mysterious document in the world. For many years, linguists, mathematicians and cryptographers of various types have tried to decipher its 240 pages of unknown letters and dazzling images, and occasionally made breakthrough suggestions.
? 6. Cornell University established the first Greek alphabet fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha (α φ α) for black students, which was established in 1906. This is the first Greek alphabet fraternity founded by black students. They were previously excluded from many such traditional societies. Today, the Brotherhood has more than 400 university chapters.
? 7. And have the only Ivy League motto that is not Latin. Although other Ivy League members express their university motto in Latin, Cornell University motto is in English: "I will find an institution where anyone can find guidance in any research"-based on the words of founder ezra cornell. This method seems to have left a deep impression on motto lovers. In 2007, it was listed in the "Top 10 Motto List" of Motto magazine.
? Before "Keggy the Keg", Dartmouth had a more controversial mascot. You may know (anyway) that the (unofficial) mascot of Dartmouth College is an anthropomorphic beer barrel. But you may not know that its early mascot was a native American image, which was abandoned in the 1970 s.
? 9. Princeton has the first university campus. Or at least, the first campus is called campus. In the AD1770s, john witherspoon, the sixth president of Princeton University, used the word "campus" (Latin meaning field) to describe the area around the university building. In this sense, this coinage is generally accepted as the first usage of this word, and it is of course popular!